The purpose of the public agenda is to provide a better understanding of the critical policy issues, goals and objectives that shape the direction of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education. It is based on the needs of the state as identified...

Employers play an enormous role when it comes to OTRS Clients throughout their careers from when they start their first job to when they ultimately decide to retire. Our goal with this manual is to provide you with the resources you need to most...

Pursuant to the Transparency, Accountability and Innovation in Oklahoma State Government 2.0 Act of 2011 (the Act), the Oklahoma legislature approved a requirement that all payments from the State Treasury shall be disbursed electronically. The Act...

The Legislator and Citizen Task Force on Tax Reform, formed on February 19, 2002, by Senator President Pro Tempore Stratton Taylor, Speaker of the House of Representatives Larry Adair and Governor Frank Keating, after numerous meetings and receipt...

The Oklahoma Department of Human Services’ Child Welfare (CW) Division works with Oklahoma families whose children are abused and neglected. CW helps protect children and tries to keep them in their homes with their family. When this can’t happen,...

In Program Year 2012, the Governor’s Council for Workforce and Economic Development was tasked with coming up with two game-changers by Governor Mary Fallin. In order to identify the game changers, the Council developed the following framework for...

This report summarizes the impact of educational reforms instituted in Oklahoma since the passage of House Bill 1017 (1990). Part I of this report summarizes the major reform legislation and, to the extent that it can be determined, the level of...

Governor Mary Fallin’s FY-2013 budget consists of the following two documents.; This document is the larger of the two and includes detailed historical financial information about each agency of state government. The information is arranged by...

Let me introduce myself. I am Joe Cordova, executive director for the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services. I recently took up the reins of this great agency and found an agency in, not just good standing, but great standing.; Last year,...

The purpose of this document is to guide the Coaches as they work with districts on the development and implementation of the Oklahoma Tiered Intervention System of Support (OTISS) for academics and behavior. The guide includes the following five...

Career clusters and pathways are collections of standard occupation (SOC) codes. They are defined by the States' Career Cluster Initiative.; Organizing regional employment information by occupation provides a workforce-oriented view of the regional...

Title 74, Section 840-2.1(A) of the Oklahoma Statutes requires all agencies, boards, commissions, departments, and offices of each branch of state government to prepare an annual Affirmative Action Plan (AAP). A copy of the agency's written plan...

As child care providers, we know that one of your most important roles is to do all that you can to keep every child in your care healthy and safe. This handbook will help you by providing up-to-date information on health and safety issues.; The...

"Our emphasis is on quality vocational education." From the Director "In Search of Excellence" has been an extremely popular phrase during the last few years, but I believe those four words aptly describe the philosophy of Oklahoma's vocational and...

The mission of Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) is to prevent child abuse and neglect by eliminating risk factors.;
The Healthy Families America Approach is used by all of the Child Abuse Prevention Fund community-based family...